Blogging in Southwest Virginia
News
- Dan Casey's blog
- Metro Columnist Dan Casey knows a little bit about a lot of things but not a heck of a lot about most things.
- Latest post: The WHFS-FM Friday drive-time leadoff tune: "Party Weekend"
- Weather Journal
- Kevin Myatt brings you the weather, straight up. He chases tornados, too.
- Latest post: Weather Journal remains on break
- The Storefront
- Jenny Kincaid Boone covers news on the retail, shopping and real estate industries in Southwest Virginia.
- Latest post: T.G.I. Friday's to open on Thanksgiving
- Datablog
- Matt Chittum dishes the freshest, juiciest, hottest, oddest data in search-it-yourself databases.
- Latest post: Holiday lights time: submit info on your display for our map and database
- From the Newsroom
- Newsroom editors discuss with our community the decisions, backstories and details that go into producing The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com.
- Latest post: Film provides look at 1957 Roanoke Times
Community
- Community blogging
- Community writers write about Salem, Botetourt County and southwest Roanoke County. Writers from the New River Valley bureau contribute to the New River Notebook, and Anna Mallory writes about New River Valley education on the Chalk Dust blog.
- Latest posts:
- The Botetourt View: Second crash complicates traffic back-up on I-81 at Exit 150
- So Salem: Salem police make arrest in overnight stabbing incident
- SwoCo: Register online for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
- New River Notebook: Webcast: Are Hokies headed to the Gator Bowl?
- Community Current: Photo: Like looking into a mirror
Opinion
- The RoundTable
- The Roanoke Times editorial staff engages readers in a respectful dialogue and exchange of opinion, including our virtual editorial board where you can discuss tomorrow's editorials today.
- Latest post: Intellectually dishonest, or simply stupid?
Sports
- The Insiders
- Randy King and Doug Doughty take on all things Virginia Tech and UVa football.
- Latest post: No need for Hokie football fans to sweat this one
- Courtside
- Mark Berman keeps you up to date with Virginia Tech men's basketball, plus the ACC and the national scene as an AP Top 25 voter.
- Latest post: Hokies beat UNCG
- The Wildlife
- Mark Taylor takes you out to the best of the region's hunting and fishing.
- Latest post: Chris Blankenship scores on a great piebald eight-pointer
- Press Box
- Posts on a variety of sports at both the high school and collegiate levels in Southwest Virginia, with contributions from staff writers of The Roanoke Times sports section.
- Latest post: VHSL football playoff pairings (updated, Nov. 18)
Entertainment
- Fridge Magnet
- Food writer Lindsey Nair shares successes and failures in the kitchen, passes on recipes and restaurant news and generally muses about her very favorite thing to do: eat.
- Latest post: Pulaski Co. High senior to work with Guy Fieri
- The Back Cover
- Books editors Nona Nelson and Heather Froeschl share book reviews, signings, events and news from the page-turning crowd in the valleys and beyond.
- Latest post: Book Signing and a chance to help
- The Happy Wag
- Pet lover Nona Nelson writes as resource for pet parents in the Roanoke Valley and provides a local community forum of news and information about pets.
- Latest post: The fugitive wiener
- cutNscratch
- Music reporter Tad Dickens enjoys pickin' and grinnin' and drummin', and he likes to write about music, too.
- Latest post: CD reviews that won't fit in Saturday's paper
- Arts & Extras
- Mike Allen blogs about the regional arts community, as well as those curious and quirky things that can only be classified as "culture."
- Latest post: A couple of last minute (and free) art-related reminders
Photography
- Vignette
- Roanoke Times photographers share their best photos.
- Latest post: Great Gouda
Community blog roll
Roanoke street cop
He goes with a badge to places at night that may not be full name and address neighborhoods. So he goes nameless here. But he can write.
The Artis blog
Jeff Artis is one of Roanoke's community activists, acting as one of the aggressive and persistent voices in Northwest Roanoke.
Chris Berry on the Net
Chris Berry, former owner of Foodies, has a few ideas how to develop of a more robust economy in the Roanoke Valley for young people, hence his dated pix.
Diane Cayton-Hakey
New to the Blue Ridge area of Virginia? Me, too, says Diane Cayton-Hakey. Come explore with me as I poke my head into all of its nooks and crannies, stores and restaurants.
The Roanoke Slant
Lars Hagen's blog is intended to be a brief "diary" of some examples of The Roanoke Times' slanted stories.
Astronomy Dude
Michael Overacker, retired Roanoke firefighter, spends some of his time building telescopes, shooting astrophotography, and driving his Astronomy Mobile Outreach Vehicle around to teach astronomy to the public.
Loose Leaf Notes
Collen Redman writes to synthesize what she's learning, whether it be poetry, a political commentary or a letter to her mother.
Blue Ridge Muse
Take a tour through the Blue Ridge Mountains with Capitol Hill Blue founder and publisher Doug Thompson.
Technology Futures
Andrew Cohill, the former director of the Blacksburg Electronic Village, writes about technology from a community perspective.
BodyPump
Tami and Craig Warman use their blog to kick around BodyPump releases and music, plus various fitness topics.
Fragments from Floyd
Fred First's blog features "images in words and pixels" that have given birth to a book, "Slow Road Home" -- a memoir of landscape.
Small Town, Big Ideas
Pat Matthews' "Small Town, Big Ideas" gives readers an insider's view into life as an Internet executive in Southwest Virginia.
View from the Mountain
David Sobotta's collection of thoughts during his life after working for Apple Computer.
SW Virginia law blog
Steve Minor represents plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials and other proceedings in state and federal court in Southwest Virginia.
Valerie Garner
Valerie Garner spotlights Roanoke City's plans to replace this Northwest city asset with dense multi-use development.
Stuart Mease
Stuart Mease wants to connect young adults to professional and social opportunities in the Roanoke and New River Valleys.
Roanoke Found
Keith Clinton and his wife have set forth to take photos of the Roanoke that was, the Roanoke that is, and the Roanoke that is to come.
Making Ripples
David St Lawrence explores the adventures and opportunities of post-corporate life in a one-stoplight county in Southwest Virginia.
myScoper the blog
A blog promoting cultural stimuli in Southwest Virginia. Beth Deel and Wendy Schuyler are intra-disciplinary designers at upUPperiscope, inc.
NewVa Connects
A blog for young professionals in the NewVa region. Lauren Ellerman, a local attorney, serves on the Advocacy in Action committee for NewVaConnects.
The Curious Skywatcher
John Goss, a roanoke.com columnist, explores astronomy and the skies above Southwest Virginia.
The Roanoke Fire Blog
This is an unofficial site dedicated to the past, present and future of the Firefighters of Roanoke Fire-EMS department and IAFF local #1132 (Roanoke Firefighters Association).
Beth Macy's Blog
Beth Macy, a Roanoke Times reporter on sabbatical while at Harvard in the Nieman Fellowship for Journalism, writes on a variety of topics.
